WCC Award Of Excellence 2014 Jurying meeting for WCC-Asia Pacific sub-regions: West Asia, South Asia, South East Asia and South Pacific was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 18-22 Aug,2014.

The Jurying meeting was commendably hosted by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the National Crafts Council of Indonesia (Dekeranas). The Republic of Indonesia is credited for accepting WCC-APR President’s request to hold the WCC-AoE 2014 Jurying cycle for both South Asia and South East Asia and to include West Asia and South Pacific sub-regions in Jakarta. The preparation for the Jurying session was excellent and the hospitality was great

The Jury members were:

1.WCC-APR, President, Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi

2.IPP-APR, Mdm.Surapee Rojanavongse

3.SVP-WCC-APR, Mr.Edric Ong

4.VP-South Asia, Mdm.Manajari

5.Mr.Richard A.Engelhardt

6.Mrs.Judith Chung

7.Mrs.Pincky Sudarman

The Jurying Committee has selected 114 pieces of handicrafts from the four (4) participating Asia Pacific sub-regions, as follows:

West Asia 7, South Pacific 1, South Asia 44, South East Asia 62

The results of the Award of Excellence 2014, will be officially declared after Sept 8, 2014 by the National Crafts Council (DEKRANAS). Once the results are announced officially, all details will be posted on the WCC-APR website.

The sample Award Certificate for WCC-AoE 2014 will be also posted on the website once it is finalized.

The WCC-AoE for East Asia was held in Beijing for (China, Korea and Mongolia)

Unfortunately, Central Asia could not at the last moment participate due to unavoidable circumstances.